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What compounds in cranberry juice help with a unrinary tract infection or an achy bladder?
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Two ways: Researchers now believe that cranberries contain substances that prevent infection-causing bacteria from sticking to the urinary tract walls. Scientists used to believe that cranberries protected against utis by making the urine more acidic, and therefore inhospitable, to bacteria.
Answered 4/12/2013
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